2006 Mumbai Prepare Blasts: Maharashtra Strikes SC In opposition to Acquittal Of All Accused

NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra authorities has filed an enchantment within the Supreme Court docket difficult yesterday’s Bombay Excessive Court docket’s choice to acquit twelve individuals who had been accused within the 2006 Mumbai practice blasts. The plea was talked about on Tuesday earlier than a bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai by Solicitor Normal of India (SGI) Tushar Mehta, who requested that the plea be taken up urgently by the highest courtroom. The Court docket listed the matter for listening to on Thursday, July 24.

The Excessive Court docket had on Monday acquitted the twelve accused individuals by noting that the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) did not show the offences past an inexpensive doubt.

In doing so, the Excessive Court docket put aside a September 2015 judgment of the Maharashtra Management of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) courtroom that had imposed the dying penalty on 5 of the 12 accused individuals and had sentenced the remaining 7 to life.

Following the Bombay Excessive Courts’ choice, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis expressed shock and mentioned that the Maharashtra authorities will problem it within the Supreme Court docket. The case is listed for listening to earlier than the CJI’s bench on Thursday.

On the night of July 11, 2006, bomb blasts happened at seven totally different locations within the Mumbai native trains inside simply 11 minutes. On this incident, 189 individuals died, whereas greater than 827 passengers had been injured.

The bombs had been positioned in first-class compartments of trains from Churchgate. They exploded close to the stations of Matunga Street, Mahim Junction, Bandra, Khar, Jogeshwari, Bhayandar, and Borivali. A trial courtroom in 2015 convicted 12 individuals within the blasts’ case.